Quotes about Citizens

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. Votes: 4

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Votes: 4

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Votes: 4

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution? Votes: 3

Citizens of liberal welfare states become increasingly narcissistic Votes: 3

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. Votes: 3

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Votes: 3

Citizens are all equal in politics: we each have one vote. Votes: 3

Citizens in a democracy need diverse sources of news and information. Votes: 3

Citizens, you will elect me - I will be your leader. Votes: 3

The virtue of its Citizens is the only Support of a Republican government Votes: 3

Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music. Votes: 3

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. Votes: 3

Citizens can have their own grounding in their comprehensive doctrines, whatever they happen to be. Votes: 3

Qualities of Good Citizens... is to admire what others have created in love and faith Votes: 3

Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes. Votes: 3

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper. Votes: 3

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Votes: 3

Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else. Votes: 3

We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this. Votes: 3

History will record that the Citizens United decision is one of the worst in the history of our country. Votes: 3

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure. Votes: 3

Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it. Votes: 3

Citizens, it is time to take our country back from the political class, from the media, from the liberal elite. Votes: 3

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world. Votes: 3

The Niger Delta is an occupied territory. Citizens raise their hands in the creeks each time they see the military Votes: 3

I would want to see the Supreme Court reverse Citizens United and get dark, unaccountable money out of our politics. Votes: 3

Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office. Votes: 3

With Citizens United, the Supreme Court's declaration that corporations are people, the whims of one can silence the voices of millions. Votes: 3

Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime. Votes: 3

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. Votes: 3

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. Votes: 3

Citizens United said that transparency would be the disinfectant, but (c)(4)'s are warm, wet, moist incubators. There is no disinfectant. Votes: 3

Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it. Votes: 3

The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves. Votes: 3

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail. Votes: 3

Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Votes: 3

Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court. Votes: 3

The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified. Votes: 3

Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world. Votes: 3

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight. Votes: 3

The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will loose. Votes: 3

It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. Votes: 3

We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world. Votes: 3

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage. Votes: 3

I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have been a dual citizen since I was married in 1978, I have never exercised any rights of that citizenship. Votes: 3

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less Votes: 3

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. Votes: 3

People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione. Votes: 3

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854. Votes: 3

Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first. Votes: 1

The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. Votes: 1

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens. Votes: 1

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. Votes: 1

Note, besides, that it is no more immoral to directly rob citizens than to slip indirect taxes into the price of goods that they cannot do without. Votes: 1

Where you have the most armed citizens in America, you have the lowest violent crime rate. Where you have the worst gun control, you have the highest crime rate. Votes: 1

Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn't fit this description. Votes: 1

It is the sincere desire of the writer that our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the bible, particularly the New Testament or the Christian religion. Votes: 1

It is incomprehensible that drug companies still get away with charging Americans twice as much, or more, than citizens of Canada or Europe for the exact same drugs manufactured by the exact same companies. Votes: 1

Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America. Votes: 1

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. Votes: 1

We citizens of the affluent countries tend to discuss our obligations toward the distant needy mainly in terms of donations and transfers, assistance and redistribution: How much of our wealth, if any, should we give away to the hungry abroad? Votes: 1

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. Votes: 1

I represent poor people, I represent working people. I represent senior citizens. I represent family businesses. I represent people who don't have the wherewithal to hire overpriced Washington lobbyists and lawyers. I want to send the powers back to the states and the people. Votes: 1

Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up and take them on. Votes: 1

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens. Votes: 1

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility. Votes: 1

Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous. Votes: 1

During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. Votes: 1

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire. Votes: 1

King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. Votes: 1

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. Votes: 1

We assume that we've come so far as compassionate citizens of the world if we do choose to read the news, yet the attitude towards life can be one where we put blinders on and forget that there are civil wars going on. It's easy to forget that there are so many people starving to death every single day. Votes: 1

Big government makes small citizens. Votes: 0

Women are still second-class citizens. Votes: 0

We are citizens of eternity. Votes: 0

Bad men cannot make good citizens. Votes: 0

We are all citizens of history. Votes: 0

Children are the citizens of tomorrow. Votes: 0

Good ball players make good citizens. Votes: 0

Everyone knows that senior citizens are stupid Votes: 0

To improve a country, educate the citizens. Votes: 0

To conquer a nation, first disarm its citizens. Votes: 0

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens. Votes: 0

In addition we also hire many senior citizens. Votes: 0

Good news for senior citizens: Death is near! Votes: 0

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve. Votes: 0

Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law. Votes: 0

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first. Votes: 0

In my opinion, theater shouldn't give advice to citizens. Votes: 0

We need more citizens that are committed and courageous. Votes: 0

Powerful people doing bad things LIKE cynical, despairing citizens. Votes: 0

Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens. Votes: 0

Democratic power is the only voice most citizens have. Votes: 0

We'll attack anyone who tries to harm our citizens Votes: 0

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be. Votes: 0

I expect we will become more demanding as citizens. Votes: 0

Every civilized society must disarm its citizens against each other. Votes: 0

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward. Votes: 0

When approached right, citizens never fail to shoulder their responsibilities. Votes: 0

A nation isthe universality of citizens speaking the same tongue. Votes: 0

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens. Votes: 0

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have. Votes: 0

The crown must constantly earn citizens' appreciation, respect and trust. Votes: 0

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Votes: 0

My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens. Votes: 0

We are not merely historians but also and always citizens. Votes: 0

My fellow citizens, the state of our city is strong. Votes: 0

Americans used to be 'citizens.' Now we are 'consumers. Votes: 0

The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens Votes: 0

Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men. Votes: 0

I would never turn my back on my fellow citizens. Votes: 0

On becoming soldiers we have not ceased to be citizens. Votes: 0

Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens. Votes: 0

Our responsibility as citizens is to keep doing our part. Votes: 0

In the kingdom of God there are no second-class citizens. Votes: 0

The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens. Votes: 0

God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human! Votes: 0

I represent all people who are citizens of the Danish nation. Votes: 0

When American citizens pull together, there is little we can't accomplish. Votes: 0

All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges. Votes: 0

I think my kids are pretty well-rounded citizens of the world. Votes: 0

Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independent citizens. Votes: 0

I think writers are not only writers, they are also citizens. Votes: 0

How can the nation be mightier, without unity of its citizens~? Votes: 0

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens. Votes: 0

A lack of communication between citizens and policemen is real stuff. Votes: 0

The duty to disclose knowledge of crime rests upon all citizens. Votes: 0

We have to be the best global citizens we can be. Votes: 0

What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit. Votes: 0

Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns. Votes: 0

Justice is as strictly due between neighbor nations as between neighbor citizens. Votes: 0

Calling all citizens all over the world, this is Captain America calling. Votes: 0

With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community. Votes: 0

If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. Votes: 0

Guatemala commends the visionary decision of the citizens of Colorado and Washington Votes: 0

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. Votes: 0

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. Votes: 0

Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens. Votes: 0

The gifts of God should be enjoyed by all citizens in Mississippi. Votes: 0

The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class. Votes: 0

The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world. Votes: 0

I believe in equal rights for all citizens. One law for all. Votes: 0

Jesus Christ lives in all people. We are citizens of one world. Votes: 0

My passion is to create a better society for our future citizens. Votes: 0

Government is at its worst when you have apathy from its citizens. Votes: 0

We need happy, productive citizens on our planet for us to survive. Votes: 0

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet. Votes: 0

In a global world, we should be citizens. Dignity has no nationality. Votes: 0

Not well-built walls, but brave citizens are the bulwark of the city. Votes: 0

American citizens were targeted and nothing is going to be done about it. Votes: 0

Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them. Votes: 0

Among American citizens, there should be no forgotten men and no forgotten races. Votes: 0

The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens. Votes: 0

These are three American citizens and we really demand answers for American citizens. Votes: 0

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land, drawing no dividend from time's tomorrows. Votes: 0

The mass of the citizens is the safest depositary of their own rights. Votes: 0

The federal government may not disarm individual citizens without some unusually strong justification. Votes: 0

The welfare state inhibits the maturation of its young citizens into responsible adults Votes: 0

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself. Votes: 0

The state accumulates moral power only through the spiritual activity of their citizens. Votes: 0

Before Social Security existed, about half of America's senior citizens lived in poverty. Votes: 0

There are many Asian-Americans who are living in poverty, especially our senior citizens. Votes: 0

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis. Votes: 0

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens Votes: 0

ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them. Votes: 0

No men are less addicted to reverie than the citizens of a democracy. Votes: 0

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them. Votes: 0

By the time of the GDR's demise, two in every 13 citizens were informers. Votes: 0

Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. Votes: 0

I am an honest person, transparent, that look citizens straight in their faces. Votes: 0

The citizens of Tumortown are forever assailed with cures and rumors of cures. Votes: 0

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. Votes: 0

War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game. Votes: 0

Forty-five percent of Iraqi citizens think it is morally okay to attack American troops. Votes: 0

Ask yourself constantly "Am I treating my fellow citizens as I treat my mum?" Votes: 0

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Votes: 0

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. Votes: 0

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens. Votes: 0

As young Americans, you have an important responsibility, which is to become good citizens. Votes: 0

The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights. Votes: 0

And where the rewards for merit are greatest, there are found the best citizens. Votes: 0

True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city. Votes: 0

No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love Votes: 0

A nation that mistreats its own citizens is more likely to mistreat its neighbours. Votes: 0

Not all citizens can be equally strong; but they can all be equally free. Votes: 0

What, after all, was the point of civilisation if not the well-being of citizens? Votes: 0

Of all second-class citizens, neurotics are the only ones who are so by choice. Votes: 0

No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much. Votes: 0

Let us walk into the conference room as equals and not second class citizens. Votes: 0

As citizens of the United States, we are stewards of this magnificent thing called democracy. Votes: 0

In order to stave off covetouness, greed, and spite, citizens world over must be educated. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court has never ruled that the children of illegal aliens are American citizens. Votes: 0

Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do. Votes: 0

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails. Votes: 0

The days of humiliation, of second-class citizens and of inequality are over and gone forever. Votes: 0

We should revoke passports from any Americans or dual citizens who are fighting with ISIS. Votes: 0

The Supreme Court has never ruled that the children of illegal aliens are American citizens. Votes: 0

The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world. Votes: 0

The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it. Votes: 0

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. Votes: 0

The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies. Votes: 0

Two soldiers and a villain are enough to blow up the rights of the citizens. Votes: 0

Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes... Votes: 0

America has 2.2 million of it's citizens incarcerated. It's a statistic we should be ashamed of... Votes: 0

Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. Votes: 0

I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business! Votes: 0

I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer. Votes: 0

Misers are neither relations, nor friends, nor citizens, nor Christians, nor perhaps even human beings. Votes: 0

I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens. Votes: 0

We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in. Votes: 0

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens. Votes: 0

In going too far, they [presidents] have taken away the individual rights of American citizens. Votes: 0

The failure of the citizens to pray for the country, will lead to its downfall. Votes: 0

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence. Votes: 0

There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens. Votes: 0

[It] would allow citizens to set their own standards for the permissible use of force. Votes: 0

I think the government has a role in protecting the fundamental rights of its citizens. Votes: 0

The enemy combatants in LA are not the citizens and suspects, it's the police officers, Votes: 0

The free circulation of citizens, which is sacrosanct, cannot become the free circulation of criminals. Votes: 0

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. Votes: 0

Politics is the art of reaching a goal that benefits all citizens of a nation. Votes: 0

War is not natural. We have to be trained for it, soldiers and citizens alike. Votes: 0

The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse. Votes: 0

A price on carbon sufficient to keep 80% of current reserves underground, rebated directly to citizens. Votes: 0

All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens Votes: 0

True citizens are not the audience of their government, nor its consumers; they are its makers. Votes: 0

Faffing, of course, does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens. Votes: 0

To carry adequate life insurance is a moral obligation incumbent upon the great majority of citizens. Votes: 0

He always wants to expand every one's rights: illegal aliens, terrorists, Russian spies, except American citizens. Votes: 0

An anarchist government somehow creates an impression in the hearts of citizens that no one cares. Votes: 0

There is a growing evidence that arts education improves student learning and thereby produces better citizens Votes: 0

This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. Votes: 0

Curses on the law! Most of my fellow citizens are the sorry consequences of uncommitted abortions. Votes: 0

Enrolling in the Medicare Prescription Drug Program will be a great savings for most senior citizens. Votes: 0

The time has come to end the deadly experiment of disarming peaceable, law-abiding citizens near schools. Votes: 0

My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery. Votes: 0

No country on Earth would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders. Votes: 0

So elves could be walking around in our midst, disguised as normal, everyday, vertically challenged citizens. Votes: 0

Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. Votes: 0

All Americans have a sacred duty to guarantee Social Security benefits to our nation's senior citizens. Votes: 0

I will follow anyoneAnd ask everyoneTo stand together as one nationAgainst the killing of innocent citizens Votes: 0

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress. Votes: 0

The great mass of our citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions. Votes: 0

When immigrants go into the worse neighborhood and they fix it up, they should become citizens. Votes: 0

All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free Votes: 0

It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens. Votes: 0

And terrorists who seek to harm our citizens will feel the long arm of American justice. Votes: 0

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much. Votes: 0

The most important thing we stressed is that we want those kids to be productive citizens. Votes: 0

Zombies are the real lower-class citizens of the monster world and that's why l like them. Votes: 0

No country will reach its full potential if its female citizens do not enjoy full equality. Votes: 0

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. Votes: 0

Golf is a game that needlessly prolongs the lives of some of our most useless citizens. Votes: 0

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens. Votes: 0

We are citizens of heaven. We must conduct ourselves, worthy of our calling, faith in Christ. Votes: 0

We are no longer citizens, we no longer have leaders. We're subjects, and we have rulers. Votes: 0

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens. Votes: 0

Do you think it's so snobbish, to want to see something besides one's fellow citizens abroad? Votes: 0

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens. Votes: 0

To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country. Votes: 0

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens. Votes: 0

More and more, the choice for the world's people is between world warriors and world citizens. Votes: 0

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Votes: 0

There cannot be a federal state of Europe without all citizens receiving the same benefits and rights. Votes: 0

The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens. Votes: 0

North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens. Votes: 0

The purpose of the gospel is to transform common creatures into celestial citizens, and that requires change. Votes: 0

The information society should serve all of its citizens, not only the technically sophisticated and economically privileged. Votes: 0

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. Votes: 0

The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters. Votes: 0

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues. Votes: 0

It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears. Votes: 0

This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me Votes: 0

Anything that shifts power from the individual judgment of free citizens to government is a bad thing. Votes: 0

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted. Votes: 0

If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago. Votes: 0

Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life. Votes: 0

American citizens have been killed abroad by drones with no due process, no accountability, no judicial review. Votes: 0

The destiny of human rights is in the hands of all our citizens in all our communities. Votes: 0

On August 28, 1933, Roosevelt signed Executive Order 6260, outlawing the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to own gold. Votes: 0

Russia has been entirely proportionate in its military response to Georgia's attack on Russian citizens and peacekeepers. Votes: 0

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens. Votes: 0

Communism in a capitalist world requires eliminating the hope of the citizens for owning what others own. Votes: 0

We have a man [Donald Trump] who understands the frustrations and the aspirations of our fellow citizens. Votes: 0

Disarmed citizens encourage crime and violence. Armed citizens encourage criminals to find a safer line of work. Votes: 0

Ecclesiastes would be quite unbearable were it not for Heavens eternity and its citizens". ~R. Alan Woods [2013] Votes: 0

If our children are healthy, they'll develop into their full potential and become wonderful tax-paying citizens sometime, Votes: 0

We are all so privileged to be citizens of America, and we all need to be engaged. Votes: 0

Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Votes: 0

The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens. Votes: 0

It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110 degree weather. Votes: 0

All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil. Votes: 0

More than half the world's largest 100 economies are corporations. They have no loyalties to place or citizens. Votes: 0

The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems. Votes: 0

The state operates in a legal vacuum. There exists no contract between the state and its citizens. Votes: 0

Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms. Votes: 0

Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die. Votes: 0

In Fascism the State is not a night-watchman, only occupied with the personal safety of the citizens. Votes: 0

The city of the future is a city that cares about its citizens and integrates its citizens. Votes: 0

The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens. Votes: 0

Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave. Votes: 0

Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become "¦ a far greater aggressor. Votes: 0

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin. Votes: 0

If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance. Votes: 0

the set pieces of your faces stir me - leading citizens - but not in the same way. Votes: 0

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. Votes: 0

Countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be heard. Votes: 0

The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens. Votes: 0

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community? Votes: 0

Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another. Votes: 0

The political maturity of a country is measured by what citizens willingly do for themselves and one another. Votes: 0

People in every nation enhance the social dimension of their lives by acting as committed and responsible citizens. Votes: 0

What are we going to do if citizens are disarmed, and the government doesn't obey its own laws? Votes: 0

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company. Votes: 0

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Votes: 0

the government tends to act like a corporation treating the public as its consumers rather than its citizens Votes: 0

I'm obviously an American citizen. My parents are American citizens. But I'm not looked at as an American. Votes: 0

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens. Votes: 0

Politics has always been a mud fight - better that citizens jump in the trough than lose interest. Votes: 0

Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property. Votes: 0

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State. Votes: 0

The crown jewel of Dr. King`s movement was to protect the right to vote for all citizens. Votes: 0

Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State Votes: 0

I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote. Votes: 0

The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected. Votes: 0

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends. Votes: 0

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty ... students perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens. Votes: 0

Each of us, as citizens, has a role to play in creating a better world for our children Votes: 0

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent. Votes: 0

Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power. Votes: 0

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears. Votes: 0

Our pluralist society must provide its citizens with the tools to understand religions, their symbols and their practices. Votes: 0

You don't need lawyers making laws. Regular citizens can make laws. Let the lawyers work under the laws. Votes: 0

This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them. Votes: 0

The only Jews who interest us are our fellow citizens." "Basically and profoundly, we are with the West. Votes: 0

I want a country where citizens like you and your family are just as welcome as anyone else. Votes: 0

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here. Votes: 0

It is a hard matter, my fellow citizens, to argue with the belly, since it has no ears. Votes: 0

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard. Votes: 0

The founders of our nation feared paper currency because it gave government the means to steal from its citizens. Votes: 0

There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country. Votes: 0

The constitution of Soviet Russia must insure equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex, creed, race, or nationality. Votes: 0

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Votes: 0

I have always held the conviction that American citizens should keep as much of their hard-earned money as possible. Votes: 0

The economic, social and cultural progress of a nation depends on citizens counting for more and having more rights. Votes: 0

Forced federal registration of U.S. citizens based on religious identity is fascism, period. Nothing else to call it. Votes: 0

People who feel themselves to be exiles in this world are mightily inclined to believe themselves citizens of another. Votes: 0

Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment. Votes: 0

The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. Votes: 0

Society ... can afford to grant more than before because its interests have become the innermost drives of its citizens. Votes: 0

I dream of a Digital India where Government services are easily and efficiently available to citizens on Mobile devices. Votes: 0

Bad men cannot make good citizens. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience are incompatible with freedom. Votes: 0

If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down. Votes: 0

Law-abiding citizens value privacy. Terrorists require invisibility. The two are not the same, and they should not be confused. Votes: 0

Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them. Votes: 0

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital. Votes: 0

It seems that immigrants often have a special understanding of the incredible opportunities that this nation affords its citizens. Votes: 0

We will be fair, just, and compassionate to all, but our greatest compassion must be for our American citizens. Votes: 0

A country's adhering to the rule of law does not mean that its citizens will not do bad things. Votes: 0

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions. Votes: 0

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West. Votes: 0

What I said was, the NSA does not voyeuristically pore through U.S. citizens' e-mails. I stand by that. Votes: 0

Amnesiac was written to make fun of senior citizens with alzheimers. I hate them and I wish they'd die. Votes: 0

The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. Votes: 0

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online. Votes: 0

As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens. Votes: 0

We reject the use of national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime. Votes: 0

FBI creating a world where citizens rely on Apple to defend their rights, rather than the other way around. Votes: 0

A state of war is not a blank check... when it comes to the rights of the Nation's citizens. Votes: 0

For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war. Votes: 0

I`m very proud to be the prime minister of all of Israel`s citizens, Arabs and Jews alike. Votes: 0

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things. Votes: 0

A government that does not trust it's law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is itself unworthy of trust. Votes: 0

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions Votes: 0

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens. Votes: 0

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale. Votes: 0

Freedom is a struggle, and we do it together. Not only together as black citizens, but black and white together. Votes: 0

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. Votes: 0

We owe our children "“ the most vulnerable citizens in any society "“ a life free from violence and fear. Votes: 0

I think we fall in love and become adults and become citizens in a way by writing stories about ourselves. Votes: 0

What holds people together long enough to discover their power as citizens is their common inhabiting of a single place. Votes: 0

There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. Votes: 0

The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens. Votes: 0

If you're a state and you don't set up an exchange, that means your citizens don't get their tax credits. Votes: 0

When the citizens of a society can see and hear their leaders, then that society should be seen as one. Votes: 0

Of all the treasures a state can possess, the human lives of its citizens are for us the most precious. Votes: 0

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility. Votes: 0

My third appeal is to my fellow citizens in all countries: Help us to establish lasting peace in the world. Votes: 0

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives. Votes: 0

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important. Votes: 0

Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government. Votes: 0

The Nordic countries are leading the way on women's equality, recognizing women as equal citizens rather than commodities for sale. Votes: 0

A country which does not respect the rights of its own citizens will not respect the rights of its neighbours Votes: 0

Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens. Votes: 0

We can never get a re-creation of community and heal our society without giving our citizens a sense of belonging. Votes: 0

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants Votes: 0

A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals. Votes: 0

We are all citizens of the world and we owe it to the world to make it a better place. Votes: 0

Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments. Votes: 0

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility. Votes: 0

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Votes: 0

A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment Votes: 0

We will all be better citizens when voting records of our Congressmen are followed as carefully as scores of pro-football games. Votes: 0

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens. Votes: 0

I have always said that a studious perusal of the sacred volume will make better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. Votes: 0

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers. Votes: 0

In America there must be only citizens, not divided by grade, first and second, but citizens, east, west, north, and south. Votes: 0

In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies. Votes: 0

What is this much repeated phrase 'active citizen' supposed to mean? The active citizens are the ones who took the Bastille. Votes: 0

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. Votes: 0

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. Votes: 0

We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education. Votes: 0

Education, when delivered properly, can benefit a lot of people and make productive citizens out of those otherwise given no hope. Votes: 0

Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties. Votes: 0

I believe citizens are beginning to realize that their birthright, a healthy ecosystem, has been stolen, and they want it back. Votes: 0

Women are prevented by the threat and reality of male violence from entering public space on equal terms with male citizens. Votes: 0

Are you really questioning the wisdom of central planning? Because the happy citizens of Cuba and North Korea beg to differ. Votes: 0

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused. Votes: 0

The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. Votes: 0

I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts. Votes: 0

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country. Votes: 0

The community of man should be treated in the same way you would treat your community of brothers or fellow citizens. Votes: 0

A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state. Votes: 0

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag. Votes: 0

The cheeky ideal I am calling for is that Muslims should be viewed as equal citizens, nothing more and nothing less. Votes: 0

The only way that a government can provide for jobs for all citizens is by deciding what every man should do. Votes: 0

Our union rests upon public opinion, and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens shed in civil war. Votes: 0

What is equity? It is the quality of citizens of a given society to relate to each other in fairness and impartiality Votes: 0

The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news. Votes: 0

More than 1 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico, and my country remains the largest source of immigrants to the United States. Votes: 0

I hold to the idea that civility, understood as the willingness to engage in public discourse, is the first virtue of citizens. Votes: 0

The dominion which the banking institutions have obtained over the minds of our citizens...must be broken, or it will break us. Votes: 0

Taxation is, in fact, the most difficult function of government and that against which their citizens are most apt to be refractory. Votes: 0

A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens. Votes: 0

And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. Votes: 0

It is too disgusting to contemplate that a handful of men keep millions of women from being constitutional citizens of this land. Votes: 0

I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens. Votes: 0

We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine. Votes: 0

As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note. Votes: 0

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families. Votes: 0

We all agree that marriage is a fundamental right. And in our country, and in our society, there are no second-class citizens. Votes: 0

The state and its elites must be subject, in theory and in practice, to the same laws that its poorest citizens are. Votes: 0

The protection of our citizens, the spirit and honor of our country, require that force should be interposed to a certain degree. Votes: 0

Nonfiction writers are second-class citizens, the Ellis Island of literature. We just can't quite get in. And yes, it pisses me off. Votes: 0

[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government. Votes: 0

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end. Votes: 0

When a profit-seeking company proposes to take citizens' private land away for its own gain, people should stand up for their rights. Votes: 0

I am proud to be an American, and proud that such beliefs are at the core of our country and its citizens. Votes: 0

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all. Votes: 0

Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. Votes: 0

I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties. Votes: 0

From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted. Votes: 0

A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes. Votes: 0

I see my buildings as pieces of cities, and in my designs I try to make them into responsible and contributing citizens. Votes: 0

More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say. Votes: 0

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws. Votes: 0

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement. Votes: 0

I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them. Votes: 0

I was brought up in a very ordinary family, in fact, a worker's family. Both my father and mother were ordinary citizens. Votes: 0

There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society. Votes: 0

I'm eternally grateful to fate and the citizens of Russia that they've trusted me to be the head of the Russian government. Votes: 0

I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious. Votes: 0

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender. Votes: 0

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go. Votes: 0

I happen to represent Enron here in Houston. We have many good corporate citizens here in Houston. Enron happened to have been one. Votes: 0

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of human history by denying human freedom and human dignity to its citizens. Votes: 0

It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity. Votes: 0

Adelaide was the first city in Australia, if not in the world, to provide for the health and recreation of all its citizens. Votes: 0

It's a sad day in America when foreign governments with deep pockets have more influence in our own country than our great citizens. Votes: 0

Before we are citizens, we are children, and it is as children that we come to understand freedom and authority, liberty and duty. Votes: 0

We know that when law abiding citizens who know how to utilize a firearm have one on their person, it helps prevent crime. Votes: 0

I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do. Votes: 0

If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back. Votes: 0

It is better, so the Fourth Amendment teaches us, that the guilty sometimes go free than the citizens be subject to easy arrest. Votes: 0

It was a new kind of class war -- the people as citizens versus the politicians and their clients in the public sector. Votes: 0

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic ... Votes: 0

We don't compete in the world by offering tax advantages to a few that we don't give to all our citizens and businesses Votes: 0

I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate. Votes: 0

We're going to be on the ground in Iraq as soldiers and citizens for years. We're going to be running a colony almost, Votes: 0

I am being tried for fighting for the right of my people, who are still second-class citizens in this United States of America. Votes: 0

Many Europeans are confused by the terms Roma and Romania. They wonder if it is an ethnicity or a nation of 22 million citizens. Votes: 0

I do not want two classes of citizens in this country. I want everybody to prosper. That's going to be a top priority. Votes: 0

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another. Votes: 0

The education that we have so far succeeded in giving to the bulk of our citizens has produced a generation of mental slatterns. Votes: 0

Vichy proves one thing: if you don't want to know how low your fellow citizens can fall, and crawl, don't lose a war. Votes: 0

I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city. Votes: 0

Public works are not accomplished by the miraculous power of a magic wand. They are paid for by funds taken away from the citizens. Votes: 0

WOMEN WHO STEPPED UP WERE MEASURED AS CITIZENS OF THE NATION, NOT AS WOMEN...THIS WAS A PEOPLE'S WAR, AND EVERYONE WAS IN IT. Votes: 0

As Americans, we realize that there is no taxpayer money that wasn't first earned through the sweat and toil of one of our citizens. Votes: 0

When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film. Votes: 0

As citizens, we understand that it is not about what America may do for us. It's about what can be done by us, together. Votes: 0

I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. Votes: 0

It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future. Votes: 0

I love working for the people of Indiana. I love helping our citizens make the most of their lives, but I do not love Congress. Votes: 0

Let me be clear: we are still a nation of immigrants, and we honor all those immigrants who are working hard to become new citizens. Votes: 0

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them. Votes: 0

I would never defend a cop - though I did on a few private cases, when cops were acting not as cops but as private citizens. Votes: 0

As it stands now, those of us who are lucky enough to be citizens by birth don't have to do much. Very little is asked of us. Votes: 0